Environmental Studies · Geography

Climate Change Impacts

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Review climate change impacts through a series of questions addressing global warming, sea level rise, and shifting weather patterns. The set covers consequences on water resources, agriculture, and biodiversity. This topic frequently appears in the general awareness and environmental studies sections of major competitive exams.

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Climate Change Impacts Questions

Multiple choice

On which of the following factors does the climate of a region depends?

  1. Whether the region is hilly or plain.

  2. The ability to transfer water to the atmosphere.

  3. The amount of sunshine it gets.

  4. The presence or absence of rainfall.

  5. All of the above
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. All of the above factors are responsible for the climate of a region.

Multiple choice

The main cause of global climate change is

  1. increase in the content of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

  2. emissions of industrial gases

  3. addition of dust

  4. changes in plant cover

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Correct option is (1).

Multiple choice

Which of the following is not a consequence of green house effect?

  1. Climate conditions will be changed, resulting in global warming.

  2. The incident of infectious diseases is likely to increase.

  3. In the Solar System, Mars, Venus, and the Moon Titan also exhibit greenhouse effects.

  4. Plants in warmer climates with adequate rainfall would grow faster.

  5. Malaria will be controlled as mosquitoes will not survive.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because higher global temperature increase the risk of infectious diseases like malaria as the mosquitoes will increase in population.

Multiple choice

Climate means the average pattern in which the weather changes with time. Which of the following is not a factor that determines the climate of a place?

  1. The amount of sunshine that particular place gets

  2. The ability to transfer water to the atmosphere

  3. Whether the place is hilly or a plain region

  4. The presence or absence of rainfall

  5. The amount of water logging at that particular place
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. The climate of a particular place is not determined by the amount of water logging at that particular place.

Multiple choice

Global warming has resulted due to

  1. increased level of oxides of sulphur and nitrogen.

  2. increased emissions of CO2 from automobiles.

  3. increased emissions of fine particulates from automobiles.

  4. increased flatulence of animals.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Global warming has resulted due to increased emissions of CO2 from automobiles. The main cause of it is greenhouse effect. Naturally occurring amounts of greenhouse gases have a mean warming effect of about 33 °C (59 °F). The major greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide (CO2) which causes 9-26% of greenhouse effect.

Multiple choice

As a result of rising global temperatures following two major impacts are expected

  1. rise in the sea level and regional climatic changes.

  2. increased water levels in water bodies like lakes and streams but more consistent flooding patterns.

  3. relatively long summers and drier winters.

  4. increased water levels in lakes and streams and comparatively larger floodplains.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Rise in the sea level and regional climatic changes are the two major impacts expected, as a result of rising global temperatures. An increase in global temperature will cause sea levels to rise and will change the amount and pattern of precipitation, as well as cause a probable expansion of subtropical deserts. 

Multiple choice

Rising global temperatures will lead to

  1. longer summers and drier winters

  2. higher water levels in lakes and streams and more consistent flooding patterns

  3. regional climatic changes and a rise in sea level

  4. low water levels in lakes and streams and larger floodplains

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Rising global temperatures will lead to regional climatic changes and a rise in sea level. Global warming is the rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans since the late 19th century, and its projected continuation. 

Multiple choice

Polar ice caps develop huge cracks because

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York city, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3. 65 and 6. 09 metres in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.

  1. of the movement of the earth

  2. of the breaking off of icebergs

  3. of the crowding of cities like New York

  4. of rising temperatures
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Because of global warming

Multiple choice

The melting of ice fields in the Arctic and Antarctic regions is dangerous because

Directions: Read the passage and answer the question that follows.

When vegetation sprouts in the desert, it is a good sign but when the ice in the Arctic and Antarctic begins to turn green, there is something terribly wrong. Reports say that an iceberg, approximately the size of New York city, has broken off from the icy continent. An Argentine team discovered huge cracks in the polar ice caps. These developments can have serious implications. If polar ice fields melt, our coastal cities might be submerged, and sea levels across the world could rise between 3. 65 and 6. 09 metres in different parts of the earth. This is probably due to global warming.

  1. the ice will turn green and poisonous

  2. it will cause huge floods which will destroy coastal regions

  3. it will create global warming and will badly affect our climate

  4. huge cracks will develop all over the world
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

2nd last line of the passage

Multiple choice

Greenhouse effect refers to which of the following?

  1. Cooling of earth

  2. Trapping of UV rays

  3. Production of cereals

  4. Warming of earth

  5. -
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The greenhouse effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without its atmosphere. If a planet's atmosphere contains radioactively active gases (greenhouse gases), the atmosphere will radiate energy in all directions.